Glass coffin



(No Modelu.)

o. W. MGLEN.

GLASS GOFPIN.

Patented Peb. 14,1882.

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N. PETERS Plwwlixhagrnpher. washington. D C4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

UHRISTOPHER IV. MCLEAN, OF NEW BERNE, NORTH CAROLINA.

GLASS COFFIN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N0. 253,545, dated February 14, 1882.

I Application filed October 4,1881. (No model.)

To all u-hom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER W. Mo- LEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at NewBerne, in the county of Craven and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the ltanufacture of Cotlins of Glass; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Figure l is a view in perspective 'of a glass coffin. Fig.2 is a cross-sectional view of Fig.

1. Fig. 3 is a View in perspective of one of the handle-supporting posts or stanchions.

My present invention relates to securing the handles to glass coffins or caskets, and protecting the bottomsot' said caskets from abrasion orinjury; and it consists in certain details of construction which wi-ll more fully hereinafter appear.

A designates a coffin or casket, made ot' glass,

` pressed in a heated mold, as more fully appears in my application marked A, led even date herewith.

B is the lid, and is made wider than the main portion of the casket, so asto have overhanging ledges a, through which holes are pressed or drilled for the passage of bolts bz O are strips of suitable material, fitted against the under side of the ledges a. The strips C have their inner lower edges cut out, as shown at c, to receive the tenon d on the upper end of the handle-supporting post or stanchion D. The stanchion or handle-snpportin g posts may be made of glass, metal, or wood, ornameuted in any desirable manner, and are provided with shoulders or rests c at their upper ends, in which the strips C rest, and in which the bolts b are screwed. The lower end of the stanchion D is made to conform to the ledge or projection f on the bottom of the casket and is secured thereto by bolts g; or the ledge f may be a plain one, and a strip similar to the strip O may be used to confine the lower end of stanchion D.

h are metal brackets, one end of which is secured to the ledge f by the bolts g. The other end is bent so as to fit over and embrace the edges of the plank H, to which they are secured. The function or object of the plank or wooden bottom Histo strengthen and protect the casket while it is being moved from place to place.

The posts or stanchions are provided with holes 1'-, in which the handles are secured. The handles may be ot the ordinary construction, or may consist of a rod or bar ot' glass or ornamented metal passing through the holes i and extending the entire length of the casket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ls-

The combination, in a glass coffin or casket,

of the handle-supporting posts or stanchions D, provided with the tenon d, with the lid B, strip C, ledgef, and bolts b and g, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereby afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER W. MGLEAN. Witnesses:

A. H. BETZ, C. L. EMMoNs. 

